Videoconferences

ALSO CALLED:
Online Meetings,
Video Teleconferences,
Video Conferences,
Net MeetingsDEFINITION: A videoconference is a live connection between people in separate locations for the purpose of communication, usually involving audio and often text as well as video. At its simplest, videoconferencing provides transmission of static images and text between two locations. At its most sophisticated, it provides transmission of full-motion video images and high-quality audio between multiple locations.
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Colin Miles, director of IT Technical Services of Virgin Media explains how unified communications has transformed the company, in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club for IT leaders.

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This exclusive paper discusses how visual collaboration can be utilized by small to midsized businesses in order to significantly improve productivity and drive innovation. Read on to find out more.

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This Technology Adoption Profile synthesizes the latest research on the adoption of modern unified communications and collaboration technologies and the value that it provides to companies.

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Access the following white paper to uncover how leading executives are leveraging the effectiveness of live video for higher sales and customer engagement. Discover the technology to consider and why a live video initiative should be implemented as soon as possible.

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View this comprehensive white paper that breaks down the top benefits of in-person meetings, and how businesses can still achieve the effects even with global colleagues, customers, or partners.

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Access this white paper to explore Microsoft Lync 2013's latest features, including more intuitive and efficient tools to enable always-connected communications for your business needs in productivity and collaboration.

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This case study highlights one leading UK organization that chose to install one managed service for its four existing telecom suppliers to enhance business productivity at a far lower cost.

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This resource takes an in-depth look at the videoconferencing (VC) vendor marketplace, as well as must-have VC capabilities and features. Also inside, find a side-by-side comparison of VC vendor strengths and weaknesses.

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This whitepaper stacks up against each other the chat solutions and media servers that will set an underlying base for either custom video streaming or video chat products that you might consider building.

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This exclusive resource examines how your organization can continually increase the business value of video collaboration, from expanding your telepresence outside the boardroom to effective management tools for IT.

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Microsoft Lync is transforming the communications landscape by enabling more collaborative and engaging interactions. This resource counts down the top 10 considerations for deploying Lync on smartphones and tablets.

EBOOK:
Organizations of all shapes and sizes are struggling to keep pace with the speed of today's anytime, anywhere business world. This eBook introduces an IP-based unified communications solution that will give you the tools you need to stay competitive.

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This brief guide details the new features and improvements of the communications system IP Office 8.1, explaining how this tool can help you support increased scalability, integrated video collaboration, increased mobility, and more.

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In the age of the globally-dispersed business, IT and organizational leaders are searching for ways to improve collaboration. This data sheet introduces a video collaboration solution that can make meetings more productive, efficient, and meaningful for organizations of all sizes.

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As virtualization spreads users across the globe, organizations are seeking solutions to keep their users connected. View this white paper to learn how the virtualization of video is helping make these options more affordable and flexible for businesses today.

VIDEOCONFERENCES DEFINITION (continued): Videoconferencing software is quickly becoming standard computer equipment. For example, Microsoft's NetMeeting is included in Windows 2000 and is also available for free download from the NetMeeting homepage. For personal use, free or inexpensive videoconference software and a digital camera afford the user easy - and cheap - live connections to distant friends and family. Although the audio and video quality of such a minimal setup is not high, the combined benefits of a video link and long-distance savings may be quite persuasive.The tangible benefits for businesses using videoconferencing Videoconferences definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary

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